That’s right.
Not California. Not New York. Not even Oregon lead the nation towards greener jobs. Idaho as well as Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming have stalwartly lead the United States towards more greener sources of employment. The Pew Research Center found data between 1998 – 2007 and concluded Idaho’s job in the “wind, solar, biofuel and energy efficiency industries grew at a rate of 126.1 percent, while overall Idaho jobs grew by 13.8 percent.” In 2007, 4,500 green jobs existed in a rapidly growing ‘green economy.’ The Pew Research Center defines green jobs as “engineers, plumbers, administrative assistants, construction workers, machine setters, marketing consultants, teachers, and many others” as well as asserting a ‘green economy’ “generates jobs, businesses and investments while expanding clean energy production, increasing energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, waste and pollution, and conserving water and other natural resources.”
How has Idaho secured new green employment opportunities? According to Phyllis Cuttino, Idaho exhibits more wind potential than both Oregon and Washington combined. Furthermore Businesses such as Nordic Windpower, Hawaiian company Hoku Scientific (manufacturers silicon for Solar Panels) and Micron technology’s LEDÂ branch have experienced substantial growth in employment and demand probably due to its “low cost of living, low cost of doing business, availability of labor and favorable local government support.” Good show Idaho.
